OkechukwuEkennaMD

Infectious Disease • Pascagoula, MS

Microbiology

Physician

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Office
3702 Jefferson Ave
Pascagoula, MS 39563
Phone+1 228-769-2588

Fax+1 228-769-2589
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Education & Training

University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsFellowship, Medical Microbiology, 1985 - 1987
University of FloridaFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1983 - 1985
East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Philipps University of Marburg Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

MS State Medical License 1994 - 2024
TX State Medical License 1986 - 2024
VA State Medical License 1982 - 2024
GA State Medical License 1982 - 2015
TN State Medical License 1983 - 2007
FL State Medical License 1983 - 1987
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
COVID-19 in a Mississippi Community Hospital.
Ijlal Babar, Okechukwu Ekenna, Maggie Ramsey Clarkson, Daralyn Boudreaux, William Bennett, Randy Roth> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2021 May 1
Going beyond Learning and Listening to Meaningful Pursuit of Equity for Black Microbiologists.
Emmanuel Adukwu, Musau WaKabongo, Okechukwu Ekenna, Bwalya Lungu, Amarachukwu Anyogu, Victor Ujor> ;Mbio. 2020 Nov 3
180 citations
Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis and Its Clinical Distinction from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Christopher D. Paddock, Richard W. Finley, Cynthia S. Wright, Howard N. Robinson, Barbara J. Schrodt, Carole C. Lane, Okechukwu Ekenna, Mitchell A. Blass, Cynthia L. T...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008 Nov 1
48 citations
Natural history of bloodstream infections in a burn patient population: The importance of candidemia
Okechukwu Ekenna, Robert J. Sherertz, Hal G. Bingham> ;American Journal of Infection Control. 1993 Aug 1
3 citations
Isolation of Beta-hemolytic Streptococci from the Respiratory Tract: Serotypic Distribution and Clinical Significance
Okechukwu Ekenna, Abraham Verghese, Anand B. Karnad, Phanel Basile, Steven L. Berk> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 1988 Feb 1
Seroepidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Borno State of Nigeria by sentinel surveillance.
Harry, T. O., Ekenna, O., Chikwem, J. O., Mohammed, I., Sakwa, M., Adeyera, S. A., Zacchariah, R., Moses, A. E., Ola, T. O., Williams, E. E.> ;J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1993 Jan
Bacteremic group G streptococcal septic arthritis.
Coto, H., Gage, K., Ekenna, O., Berk, S. L.> ;J Tenn Med Assoc. 1982 Sep
Effect of 1-aminoadamantanes on the MAO activity in brain, liver, and kidney of the rat.
Wesemann, W., Ekenna, O.> ;Arzneimittelforschung. 1982
Factors affecting colonization and dissemination of Candida albicans from the gastrointestinal tract of mice.
Ekenna, O., Sherertz, R. J.> ;Infect Immun. 1987 Jul
Effect of thermal injury and immunosuppression on the dissemination of Candida albicans from the mouse gastrointestinal tract.
Ekenna, O., Fader, R. C.> ;J Burn Care Rehabil. 1989 Mar 01
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Hospital Affiliations

Singing River Health SystemPascagoula, Mississippi